HIKURANGI FLOODING.
LAST ENGINE SITUATION CRITICAL. (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WHANGAREI, August 28. * In pursuance oi' the declaration that all .plant be removed unless the men resumed immediately, Wilson's Portland Cement Company has removed the last pump from the mine at Hikurangi and the engine has stopped working or the first time in many years. A conference was held in Auckland yesterday between the miners' reresentatives and the Company directors, and meantime the workings are flooding very rapidly. Even if the settling of the dsipute is reached at once the dewatering of the mine and replacing the gear will prove a costly operation and much delay is inevitable before the extraction of coal can re-commence. The situation of the whole industry in Hikurangi is very critical.
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Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18277, 28 August 1931, Page 2
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125HIKURANGI FLOODING. Thames Star, Volume LXV, Issue 18277, 28 August 1931, Page 2
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